Identification & Analysis of Historic Surface Finishes

Our team
of experts are frequently asked by other building professionals to
identify original surface finishes, whether that be original pointing
styles, internal plaster finishes, vernacular harls or more formal
render finishes, usually in lime but of course other materials have been
used in the past such as early patented cements. With this evidence
identified and analysed, by layer or coating we can build up a picture
of what the building would have looked like both internally and
externally including original paint, limewash or distemper finishes and
indeed colours.

This information may well inform decisions to reinstate
external or internal finishes, for example, a painstaking investigation
of the historic (often hidden) surface finishes at the Great Hall, Stirling Castleinformed the magnificent external finishes you now see
from afar, a king’s palace and a beacon for his people. Other buildings
include Livingston Old Parish Church, now resplendent with its new lime
render and limewash finishes, all based on evidence of extant finishes
found by our team of experts.